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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Dolphin Design, Meylan, FR;

Inventors:

Sebastien Genevey, Gieres, FR;

Mathieu Louvat, Grenoble, FR;

Lionel Jure, Domene, FR;

Assignee:

Dolphin Design, Meylan, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/30 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01); H03K 3/011 (2006.01); H03K 5/134 (2014.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3016 (2013.01); G01R 31/31725 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); H03K 3/011 (2013.01); H03K 5/134 (2014.07); H03K 2005/00013 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an adaptive body biasing or voltage regulation circuit for a circuit region, comprising: a first delay module configured to delay a local clock signal to generate first and second output signals delayed by first and second delays; a multiplexer configured to select one of the first and second output signals; a first slack monitor circuit configured to generate a first detection signal indicating when a slack time of the first and second output signals is less than a first threshold; a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a supply voltage for the circuit region, or at least one biasing voltage for biasing wells of transistors in the circuit region, using a further control loop comprising a process, voltage and/or temperature sensor; and a control circuit configured to adjust a gain of the further control loop based on the first detection signal.


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